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The former partners in the last coalition government in North Macedonia, the Social Democrats, SDSM, of Zoran Zaev, and the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, led by Ali Ahmeti, are engaged in substantial talks on a new government, amid speculation that talks might be stuck over the DUI’s insistence on an ethnic Albanian prime minister.
Talks on forming a new government in North Macedonia are expected to begin on Tuesday when the constitutive session of the new parliament is held. The session follows the July 15 early general elections in which the Social Democrats, SDSM, led by Zoran Zaev, won a narrow victory over their rivals in the right-wing VMRO DPMNE party, creating uncertainty over who will be able to assemble a majority in the chamber.
North Macedonia’s Social Democrats eked out a razor-thin win over nationalist rivals, according to official election results, highlighting deep faultlines in a country preparing to start EU membership talks.
North Macedonia has officially become NATO's 30th member, the military alliance says.
European Union ministers say they have approved beginning membership talks with North Macedonia and Albania, with a top German official calling it "good news in these gloomy times."
Political leaders on Thursday said they would not postpone the April 12 elections over concerns about the global pandemic – but agree to curb election rallies and campaign more on social networks.
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Oliver Spasovski, on Wednesday moved to axe Labour Minister Rashela Mizrahi from the caretaker government for her refusal to use the country’s new official name in a press conference.
North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has resigned, as expected, paving the way for a technocrat government to be formed to organize fresh elections in the Balkan nation.
North Macedonia's prime minister Zoran Zaev has called early elections after the European Union refused to start accession talks with the country. Following the call, the president of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, invited all party leaders for a meeting on Sunday (20 October) afternoon, where all agreed to hold elections on 12 April - eight months before the normal end of the term.
At his first meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev in New York, the new Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said he would never have signed the historic 2018 deal with Macedonia – but would honour it nevertheless.